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With more than $200 billion of greenfield investments expected by 2025, the offshore oil and gas sector is expected to get back in the spotlight, according to Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group. Rystad Energy’s research shows that annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) broke the $100 billion threshold in 2022 and will break it again... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news released in the media, informs that the divestment process of the Bahia Terra Cluster is in the negotiation phase with the consortium of companies Petrorecôncavo and Eneva, and no decision has been taken by the Executive Board and the Board of Directors concerning these assets,... Continue Reading →
On 9 March, the Biden-Harris administration released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, with funds for federal agencies’ activities in offshore wind proposed to be increased. The budget also supports the agencies’ work on the next National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, however, in terms of corporate support, it eliminates tax subsidies... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Colombia can go without Venezuelan natural gas because of promising offshore developments of its own, Felipe Bayon, chief executive of state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol, told Reuters. Companies have proposed reactivating a dormant gas pipeline that connects Venezuela's Western region with Colombia using a concession granted by Venezuela's state-run PDVSA, which financed and built the 16-year-old line. ... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Malaysia's state oil firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad on Monday posted a 55% jump in quarterly profit on higher energy prices and bigger sales volume, but warned of moderating prices for this year due to an expected slowdown in the global economy. Petronas, as the company is known, reported a profit of 24.4 billion ringgit... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The temporary suspension of the sale of Petrobras assets, requested by the government, involves a list of deals in progress and about US$ 2 billion in contracts already signed and which are still waiting for an outcome. The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, said last week that he sees the request as an... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum Óleo e Gas S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3) hereby presents its results for the fourth quarter (“4Q22”) and year of 2022. Except as indicated otherwise, the financial and operational information herein described is presented on a consolidated basis, in Brazilian Reais (R$), and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). HIGHLIGHTS... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that its CEO Jean Paul Prates, and Wael Sawan, Shell´s CEO, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding, during CERAWeek, in Houston, in order to encourage discussion and collaboration between the companies. The companies will work together on identifying potential upstream opportunities, sharing experience and best practices on reducing carbon... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Governments worldwide need to simplify rules around hydrogen supply to attract investment and scale it up to become competitive enough to substitute fossil fuel use in heavy industry, energy executives said this week. Hydrogen as a potential alternative to natural gas, coal or oil burned in heavy industry or shipping is seen as... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Biden administration needs until the end of this year to finalize a long-awaited five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, according to court documents filed this week. The U.S. has been without a congressionally-mandated five year schedule of offshore oil and gas auctions since the previous one expired in... Continue Reading →
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